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Pancreas Transplant

Virginia rates for HCPCS 48554

Implants a donor pancreas into a recipient, connecting the new organ's blood vessels and its digestive drainage so it can produce insulin. It is done for people whose own pancreas no longer makes insulin, sometimes at the same operation as a kidney transplant. The recipient's own pancreas is usually left where it is.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pancreas Transplant cost?

$5,974

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,630 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,862 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $708 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,018.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Colorado than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Virginia· 21st of 51

$5,974

$2,884 physician + $3,090 facility

CO $22,169TX $2,853

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.